Reports Report 3144q (Event 3144-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Norman J |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I often watch the meteor showers and live on a rural farm (wide open fields). Never have I seen anything as bright, long lasting, nor large as this. It was easily the size of a finger nail held up at arms length away. We were looking at stars and it happened to appear right above us. We saw nothing before nor after it. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Buckfield, ME |
| Latitude | 44° 18' 58.69'' N (44.316302°) |
| Longitude | 70° 26' 9.27'' W (-70.435908°) |
| Elevation | 231.661942m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-05-28 22:15 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-05-29 02:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 188° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 89.11° |
| First azimuth | 262.83° |
| First elevation | 90° |
| Last azimuth | 66.32° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | Not sure if it's considered a train. It had a glowing tail behind it that was roughly 20 degrees and was only maybe a second in duration. But it went away as soon as the fireball slowed and burst. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It went fast across the majority of the sky, rapidly slowed, then split up into at least 5 pieces that remained bright for about .25secs, appeared to 'fall' suddenly, then went out. |